Through the Bible: Jeremiahنموونە

The New Covenant

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 

Jeremiah 31:33 (ESV)

The old covenant had the law written on stone tablets; it was temporary and impersonal. God knew that man could not fulfill these laws and had a plan for a new covenant based on grace. God foretold this new covenant through the prophet Jeremiah, a covenant that is everlasting, by putting the law onto our hearts. The new covenant was fulfilled by Jesus’s death on the cross which did not get rid of but fulfilled the old covenant. We often need to remind ourselves that Jesus’s work was finished on the cross and that all we need is the indwelling Holy Spirit to live a holy life.

Prayer

Father in Heaven, I thank You for the blood that Jesus shed on the cross so that You can be our personal God. Help us to hold You close to our hearts so that we may not sin against You. I pray Father for Your continuous presence in our lives in mind, body, and spirit. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.